Hypnotherapy For Smoking Cessation

1 Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown Medical School, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA2 Center for Behavioral and Preventative Medicine, Brown Medical School, Coro Building West, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA3 The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI 02906, USA4 Bradley/Hasbro Children’s Research Center, Brown Medical School, One Hoppin Street, Coro West 2.154, Providence, RI 02903, USA5 Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA

Correspondence to: * Correspondence to: C. S. Lee. E-mail: christina_lee{at}brown.edu

Introduction. Only one previous study on minority retention in smoking cessation treatment has been conducted (Nevid JS, Javier RA, Moulton JL III. Factors predicting participant attrition in a community-based, culturally specific smoking cessation program for Hispanic smokers. Health Psychol 1996; 15: 226–29). We investigated predictors of intervention completion and assessment completion among Latino smokers (n = 131) with asthmatic children participating in a home-based asthma education study that included smoking cessation counseling. Methods. We examined a variety of pretreatment demographic and psychosocial predictors of intervention completion (completing all three home visits versus <3), assessment completion (attendance/not) and total study participation (completing all six contacts versus <6). Results. Lower levels of depressed mood (OR = 0.912, 95% CI: 0.857–0.971, P < 0.01) and fewer ‘pros’ of smoking (OR = 0.882, 95% CI: 0.809–0.961, P < 0.01) predicted intervention completion. Predictors of assessment completion included having more friends who smoke (OR = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.23–3.56, P < 0.01), fewer pros of smoking (OR = 0.87, 95% CI: 0.81–0.95, P < 0.01) and a strong belief that quitting smoking would benefit the child's asthma (OR = 1.69, 95% CI: 1.04–2.74, P < 0.05). Unemployed participants were more likely to complete all six study contacts than those who were working (OR = 0.37, 95% CI: 0.14–0.99, P < 0.05). Discussion. Findings suggest the need to tailor retention strategies during active treatment and follow-up assessments to target those who at risk of dropping out.